(CNN) -- Bubba Watson believes he can now challenge golf's top stars after heading off three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson for an emotional victory at Torrey Pines in California on Sunday. The 32-year-old climbed 15 places in the world rankings to 18th as he claimed the second PGA Tour title of his career at the Farmers Insurance Open, while fellow American Mickelson reclaimed the No. 4 spot after finishing second on his first start this season. Watson started the final round one shot behind joint overnight leader Mickelson but carded an impressive five-under-par 67, which included six birdies and just one bogey, to finish the San Diego tournament on 16 under.

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- America, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- American, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- Bubba Watson, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- CNN, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- California, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- Farmers Insurance Open, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- Mickelson, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- PGA Tour, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- Phil Mickelson, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- San Diego, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- Tiger Woods, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- Torrey Pines, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
- Watson, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.
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Mickelson, a three-time winner on the Torrey Pines course, said he was disappointed not to have made a better start to the season at his local tournament.


(CNN) -- On Saturday, a company called SpaceX was scheduled to launch the first private mission to the International Space Station, demonstrating a freight-carrying capability NASA gave up when it retired its fleet of space shuttles in July. (The flight was aborted at the last second after a faulty valve was discovered; SpaceX officials said the launch was postponed till Tuesday or Wednesday.) Some NASA supporters are mourning what they see as the decline of U.S. leadership in space. But they should really be celebrating the dawn of a new era. After all, we've been stuck in low Earth orbit for several decades now, at considerable cost. Visionary plans for genuine space exploration have gathered dust at NASA, the National Research Council and other space-savvy places. They advocate relearning how to land on the moon or figuring out how to travel to Mars, an asteroid or the special orbital location where the James Webb Space Telescope will eventually operate. But after more than two decades of talking that talk, the U.S. has yet to walk that walk.

Private space companies describe a vision that sounds like the original

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- CNN: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- Earth orbit: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- International Space Station: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- James Webb Space Telescope: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- Mars: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- Meg Urry: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- NASA: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- National Research Council: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- SpaceX: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- U.S: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- U.S.: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
- Urry: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.
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NASA: big goals, with small but steady steps toward those goals, and much support but little interference from the nation.